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For National Ice Cream Day, McDonald’s has a “Golden Arches Cone” contest.(Photo: CONTRIBUTED PHOTO FROM MCDONALD'S)

McDonald's restaurants in Shreveport and Bossier City will participate in a national McDonald's celebration of National Ice Cream Day on Sunday by offering vanilla soft serve ice cream free to all comers.

The company says you'll be able to get a free cone at a local restaurant, no purchase required. The giveaway will run all day.

To get a free cone, you must download the McDonald's app to your phone and claim a coupon there.

You also may qualify to win free soft serve ice cream for life – Yowza! – by downloading the McDonald's app to your phone.

Nationally, one person will get a special golden cone qualifying him or her to receive one McDonald's cone each week for 50 years. The chance for free-for-life ice cream will run from 2 to 5 p.m.

The winner (only one!) will be notified the same day and receive a Golden Arches Cone as recognition, spokesperson Becca Hary said via email, and a McDonald's Arch Card for $312 plus a check for $4,680. The winner must be 13-years-old or older. See official rules on the McDonald's website.